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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Montreal 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 31, 2008
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Don Van Massenhoven, Dean Warren
Linesmen: Pat Dapuzzo, Tony Sericolo
Attendance: 14930
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Montreal 02204
Washington 12115
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:06 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Milan Jurcina
Penalties
0:55 - Canadiens Alex Kovalev (2) High sticking
 6:47 - Capitals Donald Brashear (2) Roughing
 12:33 - Canadiens Steve Begin (2) Delay of game
 12:44 - Capitals Alexander Semin (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
4:35 - Capitals Viktor Kozlov (EV) Assists: Alexander Ovechkin , Tom Poti
11:54 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Viktor Kozlov , Nicklas Backstrom
12:44 - Canadiens Sergei Kostitsyn (EV) Assists: Guillaume Latendresse , Maxim Lapierre
19:59 - Canadiens Andrei Kostitsyn (PP) Assists: Andrei Markov , Tomas Plekanec
Penalties
6:01 - Canadiens Saku Koivu (2) Hooking
 18:43 - Capitals Mike Green (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
12:30 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Viktor Kozlov , Mike Green
13:47 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (EV) Assists: Sergei Kostitsyn , Michael Komisarek
19:27 - Canadiens Guillaume Latendresse (EV) Assists: Tomas Plekanec , Mark Streit
Penalties
None.
Overtime
Scoring
3:34 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Jeff Schultz , Mike Green
Penalties
None.
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Cristobal Huet G 0 0 0 0 0 63:12 54:59 4:02 4:11 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Halak G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Kostopoulos RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 14 10:12 9:49 0:00 0:23 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Komisarek D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 26 22:17 19:01 0:34 2:42 0 0 - - - - -
Saku Koivu C 0 0 0 E 2 2 21 17:20 14:08 2:06 1:06 0 0 - - 8 9 47
Tomas Plekanec LW 0 2 2 E 0 2 25 20:27 17:54 1:56 0:37 0 0 - - 9 12 43
Bryan Smolinski C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16 12:11 10:40 0:00 1:31 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Chris Higgins C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 16:05 12:53 2:06 1:06 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Begin C 0 0 0 -3 2 1 16 13:00 11:33 0:11 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 17:34 17:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Kovalev RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 21 20:44 16:57 2:21 1:26 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Streit D 0 1 1 E 0 2 21 21:16 18:18 2:58 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Maxim Lapierre C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 14:35 13:38 0:00 0:57 0 0 - - 7 7 50
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 22:39 20:29 0:41 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Kostitsyn RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 20 16:41 14:45 1:56 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 18:20 16:51 0:00 1:29 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Ryder RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 10:41 10:11 0:30 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sergei Kostitsyn RW 1 1 2 +3 0 1 17 14:57 14:36 0:21 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 26 24:39 18:27 3:30 2:42 0 0 - - - - -
Guillaume Latendresse RW 2 1 3 +2 0 4 16 15:00 14:00 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Brent Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 63:33 55:20 4:11 4:02 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 31 27:51 24:21 0:42 2:48 0 0 - - - - -
John Erskine D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 14 12:06 11:37 0:00 0:29 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 4 1 5 +4 0 6 24 24:52 20:04 4:03 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 16 12:48 12:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Boyd Gordon RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17 16:15 14:07 0:34 1:34 0 0 - - 10 4 71
Matt Pettinger LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 10:58 8:56 1:33 0:29 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +4 0 4 21 21:34 18:22 2:38 0:34 0 0 - - 8 11 42
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 20 15:02 12:07 0:59 1:56 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Milan Jurcina D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 31 26:25 23:21 0:00 3:04 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 1 2 3 +3 0 5 21 18:34 16:19 1:33 0:42 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Semin LW 0 0 0 -2 2 2 18 14:19 11:41 2:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Steckel LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 14:27 12:46 0:00 1:41 0 0 - - 9 5 64
Tomas Fleischmann C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 14:23 11:45 2:38 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Steve Eminger D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10 8:19 8:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Green C 0 2 2 +1 2 6 28 27:02 23:14 3:37 0:11 0 0 - - - - -
Quintin Laing LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 12:04 11:07 0:00 0:57 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Schultz D 0 1 1 E 0 2 25 20:36 19:38 0:00 0:58 0 0 - - - - -
Donald Brashear LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 10 10:51 10:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Cristobal Huet L (32-14-6) 38 33 5 .868 0 63:12
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Olaf Kolzig W (25-21-6) 21 17 4 .810 0 63:33